Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinarian’s Office has placed 133 locations under quarantine after horses and cows tested positive for Vesicular Stomatitis (VS). The quarantines are located in Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, and Weld counties; results on additional tests in these and other counties are pending. VS can be painful for animals and costly to their owners. The virus typically causes oral blisters and sores that can be painful causing difficulty in eating and drinking. In Colorado there are 201 horses and 3 cows that tested positive for VS. CSU Online Presentation Colorado State University hosted an interactive online discussion about VS yesterday. The presentation should help all interested horse and livestock owners understand the disease, its transmission, reasons for quarantine, economic concerns during the current outbreak, the fate of horse shows and events, disease treatment and preventative measures. To view the presentation from August 14, 2014, please click https://youtube/watch?v=JnC7VwKcdMI&list=UUe1bS3Q2cNej7qSJZbL0C7g To view a presentation on how to protect your show horse from infectious disease, please click https://youtube/watch?v=59orM51jcb0&list=UUe1bS3Q2cNej7qSJZbL0C7g For More information about VS, please visit weldextension or weld4h.org.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:53:07 +0000